OPS

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abbreviation or noun

ˌō-ˌpē-ˈes 

baseball

: a statistic that combines a hitter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage

Trout is on track for a third season with an OPS greater than .950. Only two players had three such years through their age-22 season: Ted Williams (1939-41) and Jimmie Fox (1928-30), neither of whom played defense or ran like Trout.

—Tom Verducci

During that span he averaged 29 home runs and hit .301 with a .922 OPS, numbers rarely witnessed at his position …

—Ben Reiter

One formula used more and more for comparing the greatest hitters ever is adding the on-base and slugging percentages, which produces a statistic called OPS. Agreed upon by baseball analysts and statisticians alike, OPS … paints the most complete picture of how a hitter dominates his era.

—Kenneth Shouler

Ops

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noun

ˈäps 

: the Roman goddess of abundance and the wife of Saturn

Examples of OPS in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Abbreviation or noun

After back-to-back solid seasons, Estrada has registered an OPS of .601 in 87 games this year. —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024

He’s been healthy, which is important, but he’s posted career-low slugging and OPS numbers. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024

Noun

Signs for Change, which featured a number of deaf people in behind-camera roles, or the BAFTA-winning Black Ops. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024

That map will launch alongside Season 1 of Black Ops 6. —Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Abbreviation or noun

on-base percentage + slugging average

Noun

Latin Opis, personified and deified abstraction from the common noun op-, *ops "power, ability, wealth, resources" — more at opus

Note: Nominative Ops is a post-classical restoration, as such a form in unattested in classical Latin.

First Known Use

Abbreviation Or Noun

1999, in the meaning defined above

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above